Russian Social Development Agency Improves Living Standards

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NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION IS A RUSSIAN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THAT IMPLEMENTS INTERREGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS DESIGNED
TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF RUSSIAN CITIZENS

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EURASIA
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TO THAT END THE FOUNDATION ANALYZES VARIOUS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OF RUSSIAN
TERRITORIES, DESIGNS PROPOSALS, RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROBLEMS, MOBILIZES EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL
RESOURCES, AND IMPLEMENTS AND SUPPORTS SOCIALLY
MEANINGFUL PROJECTS.

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Operation principles

• Integration:
the Foundation’s projects and programs
are implemented on the basis
of the governmental policy in close
collaboration with state bodies of power.
• Openness:
the Foundation is open for cooperation
with any partners within its mandate
with the view to achieve agreed upon results.
• Partnership:
by implementing its projects and programs
the Foundation enables its partners
to accomplish their own objectives
and actively provides them with resources
and services enhancing their capacity
and expanding their prospects.
• Comprehensiveness:
the Foundation’s projects and programs
are designed in Russia’s most advanced
modernization areas on the basis
of the Foundation’s experiences, resources,
solutions, and partnerships.
Ivanets S.V. –
Deputy Minister of Education
and Science of RF
and Kortunov A.V. –
President of the New Eurasia
Foundation

• Concentration of efforts and resources:
the Foundation implements its projects
and programs by taking advantage
of the resources and experiences of adjacent
projects and programs, partners, and donors
with the view to achieve a synergetic effect.
• Transparency:
FNE develops and presents the Activity Berdahl Robert –
Public Reports in the framework Association of American
Universities, USA;
of its programs and projects’ implementation. Koksharov V.A. –
Rector of Urals Federal University;
Also the Foundation monitors and evaluates Procenko I.G. – Director of the
its projects and programs to ensure the utmost Department of International Integrat
ion of Ministry of Education and
transparency of its operations. Science of RF

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION’S
OPERATING METHODS
ARE BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF INTERREGIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL
NETWORKS THAT DESIGN
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
ADDRESSING RELEVANT
DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS THROUGH
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS,
EXPERIENCES, AND RESOURCES
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Foundation’s resources

• Russian expert network.
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The Foundation has a strong expert capacity because most of its experts
are working practitioners in their respective areas who offer practical
project implementation solutions taking into account the peculiarities
of specific territories. The Foundation’s expert network is territorially diverse
and include specialists representing 23 Russian regions.
• International expert network.
The Foundation’s international expert network is made up of experts
specializing in the following areas: astronomy and astrophysics,
nuclear energy and technologies, biology, biotechnologies, information
technologies and computer systems, space exploration and technologies,
mathematics, engineering, medical sciences and technologies, mechanics
and management processes, nanotechnologies, earth sciences, material
sciences, psychology, cognitive research, radio electronics, construction
and architecture, physics, chemistry, ecology, economics, international
research, sociology, energy, energy efficiency and energy saving.
The Foundation’s international expert network is made up of specialists
representing more than 35 countries.
• Technological portfolio.
The Foundation disposes of a unique set of project methods
and technologies in the sphere of social development.
All methods and technologies used by the Foundation have been tested
and proven effective in the current Russian conditions.
• International cooperation.
The Foundation has a distributed network of international partners
that enables it to take advantage of the world’s most advanced expert
and technological potential.
• Efficient project funding schemes.
The Foundation is experienced in raising budget and out-of-budget funds
that are used to support and ensure sustainability of social development
Dunaevsky Grigoriy –
Deputy Rector on Science,
projects and programs.
Tomsk State University
(National Research University)

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Since the time of its inception the Foundation has successfully implemented
more than sixty projects and programs designed to support social
development of the Russian regions in the following areas:

• Designing complex regional
and municipal socio-economic
development programs.
Modernizing regional general education
systems, as well as primary and secondary
vocational training systems.
• Modernizing university management.
• Promoting international activities
of Russian institutions of higher learning.
• Developing university technology transfer
systems.
• Developing regional innovation
support infrastructures.
• Supporting youth initiatives.
• Engaging local community members
in socio-economic development
of their respective territories.
Soboleva E.N. — Director
of the Educational Programs’
Department, «Rosnanotech»
State Corporation
Remorenko I.M. —
Secretary of State, Deputy
Minister of Education
and Science of RF
• Supporting the implementation
of the housing and utility sector reform.
• Coordinating and harmonizing
migration processes. Glazychev A.L. –
Chairman of the Regional
• Creating regional and local conflict-prevention Development Commission,
systems. Public Chamber
of the Russian Federation
• Supporting small and medium-sized
businesses.
• Supporting the development of regional
and municipal mass media.
• Supporting international activities
of Russian civil society institutions.

New Eurasia Foundation
Moscow, 105120,
3rd Syromyatnichesky Per., 3/9,
Building 1, 5th floor
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567
Fax: (495) 970-1568
E-mail: reception@neweurasia.ru

PROGRAM AREA

EDUCATION www.neweurasia.ru

PROGRAM AREA MISSION

To facilitate the modernization of Russian education
with the view to improve the standard of living
of Russian citizens.

GOAL OF THE PROGRAM AREA

To facilitate the development of Russian
systems of education and institutions of learning
by creating conditions for cooperation
and consolidation of resources.

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• Modernization of management of institutions of higher learning.
• Development of international activities of Russian institutions
of higher learning and their associations.
• Provision of assistance to Russian institutions of higher learning
in assessment of their education and research projects
by international experts.
• Modernization of the primary and secondary vocational
training systems with employers’ participation.
• Development of university technology transfer systems.
• Promotion of community education practices at the level
of regional education systems.
• Engagement of Russian institutions of higher learning
in socio-economic development of their respective communities.

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PROGRAM AREA PARTNERS

• Ministry of Education and Science
• Ministry of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy
• Ministry of Regional Development
• Federal Agency for Youth Affairs
• Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
• Association of the Leading Russian Universities
• Russian Union of Industrialists
and Entrepreneurs
• “OPORA ROSSII” – Russian Association of Small
• Eurasia Foundation, USA
• National Research Fund, USA
• Association of American Universities, USA
• European University Association
• Association of Research Universities of Germany
• Association of Universities in the Netherlands
• Research Triangle Group
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
• Ecole Nationale D’Administration
• Talloires Network
• German Rectors’ Conference
• Russell Group DLR, Germany
• American Councils for International Education,
and Medium-Sized Businesses USA
• Institute of Contemporary Development, Russia • National Association of Seed
• National Strategy Board, Russia and Venture Funds, USA
• National Training Foundation, Russia • German Academic Exchange Service
• “Skolkovo” Fund, Russia under the Embassy of the Federal Republic
• Siberian Coal Energy Company OJSC, Russia of Germany in the Russian Federation
• SUAL OJSC, Russia • New York Academy of Sciences
• Severstal OJSC, Russia • Chevron Neftegaz Inc., USA
• US-Russia Business Council • JPMorgan Chase & Co., USA
• US Agency for International Development • Highland Gold Mining Ltd.
(USAID)
• Delegation of the European Commission
in Russia
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office
of the Government of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
New Eurasia Foundation • US-Russia Foundation for Economic
Moscow, 105120, Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF), USA
3rd Syromyatnichesky Per., 3/9, • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, USA
• Carnegie Foundation, USA
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567
Fax: (495) 970-1568 • Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation,
E-mail: reception@neweurasia.ru Liechtenstein

EDUCATION PROGRAM AREA

MODERNIZING TERTIARY
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT www.neweurasia.ru

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION
HAS PUT TOGETHER A UNIQUE
PORTFOLIO OF EDUCATION
AND CONSULTATION TECHNOLOGIES
THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE
TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS
ASSOCIATED WITH COMPREHENSIVE
MODERNIZATION OF TERTIARY
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
OR DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN
UNIVERSITY OPERATION AREAS:

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PARTNERS.

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION DESIGNS SUCH PROJECTS
IN COLLABORATION WITH A BROAD NETWORK OF PARTNERS
ENCOMPASSING RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES,
ASSOCIATIONS, AND EXPERT ORGANIZATIONS.

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Projects in modernization
of tertiary education

• The program “EURECA - Enhancing University Research
and Entrepreneurial Capacity” (2010 – 2012) aims to design new
research university development models and facilitate collaboration
between research universities and innovation and intellectual property
markets by testing technology transfer and intellectual property
management models designed by American and other universities
and by disseminating innovative experiences among the national
research, federal, and other Russian universities.
• The project “Community universities” (2008 – 2013) helps develop
mutually beneficial relationships between Russian regional universities
and local community by engaging university students and instructors
in social practices designed to meet the needs of various local
community groups.
• The project “Forecasting the tertiary education system development
for 2009 - 2011 in the conditions of education modernization”
(2009 - 2011) enabled the Foundation to estimate the development
prospects and identify potential changes of the tertiary education system
for a medium term.
• The project “Regional university – regional development resource”
(2006 - 2009) was designed to engage regional universities
and their resource potential in regional socio-economic development
processes by designing and introducing replicable models
of collaboration between institutions of higher learning and regional subjects
of social partnership.
• The project “Training development managers for Russian regional
universities” (2006 - 2008) was designed to improve the ability
of Russian regional universities to successfully compete on the market
of education services by training a group of university development
specialists.

• The program “Commercialization of the Russian intellectual assets
and technologies – CRIAT” (2005 - 2007) was designed
to develop a complex regional innovation infrastructure
of the Stavropol and Primorye regions on the basis
of the regional institutions of higher learning.
• The “Student loans in Russia” program (2005 - 2006)
enabled the Foundation to summarize the education financing models
available in Russia by implementing a research project,
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“Comparative analysis of Russian and foreign education financing models”.
In addition, the Foundation designed recommendations
for Russian institutions of higher learning on attracting non-budget
funding and organizing research activities, and suggested ways
to improve the existing education financing models in Russia.
• The “University library” project (2005 - 2006) helped improve
the quality of liberal arts education at Russian regional universities
by providing their libraries with Russian and foreign books and textbooks
in the field of humanities.
Resources
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• Involvement in the governmental initiatives
designed to modernize tertiary education:
development of federal and national research
universities, attraction of leading scientists
to Russian institutions of higher learning,
assessment of research projects
by international experts;
• Involvement in a distributed international
network enabling the Foundation to organize
international network projects, training sessions,
and foreign internship programs at the world’s
leading universities and education centers;
• Access to the results of exclusive analytical
researches identifying university development
problems, challenges, and best practices;
• Access to a package of successfully tested
training and consultation methods;
• Involvement in an international expert network
made up of leading university development
experts.

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INFORMATION RESOURCES

The Internet-portal of the New Eurasia Foundation:
http://www.neweurasia.ru/.

“EURECA” program website:
http://www.eureca-usrf.org/.

Theoretical and practical approaches to the training of development managers
for modern institutions of higher learning: based on the materials of the interuniversity
project “Training development managers for Russian regional universities”.
T. S. Bogdasarova, S. A. Pisareva, E. V. Piskunova, T. V. Svetenko, E. Vercammen
(the book’s complete text is available on the FNE Internet-portal:
http://www.neweurasia.ru/).

Development forecast of the tertiary education system in Russia: 2009 – 2011.
E. M. Avramova, O. A. Alexandrova, T. L. Klyachko, A. V. Kortunov, E. V. Kulagina,
D. M. Loginov, N. Ya. Osovetskaya, I. V. Pavlyutkin (the book’s complete text
is available on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/).

Moscow, 105120,
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567
Fax: (495) 970-1568


SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS www.neweurasia.ru

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION HAS ACCUMULATED
A GREAT BODY OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS TYPES
OF INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
THE FOUNDATION HELPS DESIGN EFFECTIVE
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FORMATS
AND ENABLES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO LEARN
ABOUT THE BEST INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES
AND ADAPT THEM TO RUSSIAN CONDITIONS.
THE FOUNDATION ATTRACTS PARTNERSHIP
RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ORGANIZE VARIOUS
SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS TRAINING,
INTERNSHIP, AND QUALIFICATIONS
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.


The Internet-Portal
of the New Eurasia Foundation:
http://www.neweurasia.ru/

“EURECA” Program website:
http://www.eureca-usrf.org/

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CALIFORNIA, USA
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trainings/internships/study-visits

CHICAGO, USA

INDIANA, USA

NORTH CAROLINA, USA
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN

MASSACHUSETTS, USA

BOSTON, USA

NEW-YORK, USA
BONN, GERMANY
HELSINKI, FINLAND

BERLIN, GERMANY
TURKU, FINLAND

KUOPIO, FINLAND

TALLINN, ESTONIA

TARTU, ESTONIA

PIARNU, ESTONIA

NARVA, ESTONIA

WARSAW, POLAND
GRAZ, AUSTRIA
WASHINGTON, USA
VIENNA, AUSTRIA BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

PECS, HUNGARY
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM LILAFERED, HUNGARY
MECHELEN, BELGIUM BEIJING, CHINA
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
LEUVEN, BELGIUM
TEL-AVIV, ISRAEL
SHANGHAI, CHINA
MADRID, SPAIN BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL

HAIFA, ISRAEL
PARIS, FRANCE
SU-CHZHOW, CHINA
BOLOGNA, ITALY
MARSEILLE, FRANCE
TORINO, ITALY
NICE, FRANCE
ROME, ITALY

RAVENNA, ITALY

FERRARA, ITALY

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Examples of the international
trainings/internships/study-visits

• Internship «University as Community Center»,
May 2009, Arlington, USA with the support of George
Mason University – focused on the experience of
the US universities in collaboration with business
companies, industry, institutions on doing joint applied
research, the US and Russian approaches comparison
on universities’ social responsibility measurement.
• International training «Essentials of the Academic
Technology Transfer» by the Association of the
University Tech Transfer Managers (AUTM, USA),
October 2010г., New-Jersey, USA - focused on the
main elements and approaches in the area of scientific
research commercialization and building innovation
ecosystem, presentation of the leading US universities’
best practices in the area of tech transfer.
• Site-visits and internship at Purdue University,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
Maryland and Washington University in the
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• Internship for the leadership of the key Russian universities (April 2011,
Washington, Maryland, North Carolina, USA) — focused on developing cooperation
between the Association of American Universities and the Association of the
Leading Russian Universities, site-visits to three technological parks – of Maryland
University and the North Carolina Research Triangle Universities being the part
of the Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP) that is a business-driven,
public-private partnership dedicated to keeping the 13-county Research Triangle
Region economically competitive through business, government and educational
collaboration; meetings with key US education and innovation support foundations,
and with the USRBC business companies.
• Training on participation in the Higher Education Development European Pro-
grams (April-May 2011, Lillafered, Hungary) — focused on building capacity in devel-
oping proposals and participating in the Higher Education Development European Pro-
grams, doing research and managing innovations under the Strategy «Europe 2020» -
EU Programs for RD and Innovation; Program FP7, Program Tempus IV, special Rus-
sia – EC cooperation programs.
• Training-seminar «University and society: social functions and responsibility»
at Bologna University and site – visits to Torino University, Torino Polytechnic
framework of the Enhancing University Research University, University of Ravenna, University of Ferrara (June 2011) — focused on the
and Entrepreneurial Capacity (EURECA) Program system of education in Italy and the autonomy of Italian; forms of university involvement
(October 2010, Washington, Los Angeles, Indiana, into the municipality/region socio-economic development and best practices on the
Seattle, USA) — focused on the experience of university-basic stakeholders’ partnerships, innovations management system in Italian
university research managem ent, tech transfer и universities, internationalization issues.
university science commercialization, cooperation with • Internship and interactive training for university leadership and their business-
business and authorities, legal basis development, partners «Collaboration of French Universities with the real sector of economy
search for seed and venture funding. and technological parks. French experience of university scientific research
• Internship and trainings at the leading universities commercialization» (September 2011, Aix an Provence, Marseille, Nice, France) —
of France with participation of UNESCO focused on getting the set of instruments and developing the activity plan on the
(International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) university or laboratory marketing, system of indicators, system of control of this plan
and Institut Francais des Relations Internationales realization, on the new EC programs on scientists’ mobility; site-visits to technological
(IFRI) (December 2010, Paris, France) — focused on parks of Château-Gombert in Marseille, Arbois, to the United University of Aix Marseille.
involving universities into economic development and • International internship «Management of university investment attractiveness:
social partnerships, development and support of higher Israel experience» (October-November 2011, Israel) — site-visits to Jerusalem
education research, university scientific research University, universities of Tel-Aviv, Beer-Sheva, Haifa, and to Teknion; focused on
commercialization, exchange of experience in the area training on developing set of mechanisms of university investment attractiveness raise,
of internationalization and universities’ international university quality assurance, and investments’ attracting mechanisms.
cooperation results influence on the higher education
development.

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Projects

As part of its projects the Foundation
has organized more than 20 internships
in European countries, the USA, China,
and Israel and conducted more than
15 international conferences on the most relevant
education development issues (“Education
and civic engagement of youth”, “US-Russian
relations in higher education: challenges
and prospects”, “Leading Russian universities
within the context of the European tertiary
education development trends”, etc.).

The Foundation especially focuses on organizing
international internships designed to improve
Resources

• International training and internship programs
in the key education development areas;
• Complex agreements with universities on support
of their international activities enabling them
to implement exclusive long-term collaboration
programs with foreign partners;
• A network of international partners (training
and research centers, educational institutions,
foundations, and professional associations)
in European countries, the USA, China,
and Middle East;
• A team of professional managers and partner
organizations providing logistical support.

qualifications of university representatives
in the key university development areas,
as well as in building partnerships with foreign
institutions of higher learning, their associations
(e.g. the Association of American Universities,
Association of Universities in the Netherlands,
Russell Group Universities in Great Britain,
etc.), and private businesses. The Foundation
organizes international training and internship
programs specifically designed to meet
New Eurasia Foundation the needs of the projects and programs
Moscow, 105120,
implemented by institutions of higher learning.
Building 1, 5th floor Whenever necessary, the Foundation involves
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567 university representatives in its complex
Fax: (495) 970-1568
programs implemented within the key education
development areas.


SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION PROJECTS’
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTIZE www.neweurasia.ru

HAS EXPERIENCE IN AND DISPOSES
OF RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ORGANIZE
ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION PROCESS
OF ANY COMPLEXITY
BY INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS.
A DIVERSIFIED EXPERT BASE
AND A PROVEN METHOD THAT MEETS
THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
OF THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS ENABLE THE
FOUNDATION TO ORGANIZE PROJECT
ASSESSMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

INFORMATION
The Foundation is also able to organize assessment of the following: RESOURCES
• Institutions of higher learning and research organizations – on account of their operations’ The Internet-portal
compliance with relevant international standards and priority education and science of the New Eurasia
Foundation:
development areas;
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• Governmental and nongovernmental science and education development programs —
on account of their compliance with program goals and objectives; Attracting Leading
• Research and education projects – on account of their efficiency and achievement Scientists
of their respective goals and objectives; to Russian Educational
Institutions website:
• Applications for participation in education and research projects, as well as applications
http://www.p220.ru/
submitted to grant competitions.

Assessment results are made available in the form of rankings assigned to project proposals
and/or grant applications, as well as assessment statements prepared by independent experts
from different countries and organizations. Ongoing interactions with international experts and
a proven method enable the Foundation to organize assessment on a tight schedule
without affecting the quality.

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Completed projects

• The New Eurasia Foundation has already
used its method to organize assessment
by international experts of the project
proposals submitted to the open grant
competitions that were held by the Government
of the Russian Federation in 2010 and 2011
in compliance with Resolution No.220,
“On measures designed to attract leading
scientists to Russian institutions
of higher learning”.
Resources

• An international network made up of some
of the leading experts in the following disciplines:
astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear energy
and technologies, biology, biotechnologies,
information technologies and computer
systems, space exploration and technologies,
mathematics, engineering, medical sciences
and technologies, mechanics and management
processes, nanotechnologies, earth sciences,
material sciences, psychology, cognitive
research, radio electronics, construction
and architecture, physics, chemistry,
ecology, economics, international research,
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567
Fax: (495) 970-1568 sociology, energy, energy efficiency
and energy saving.
• The Foundation’s international expert network
is made up of specialists representing more
than 40 countries (Austria, Australia, Belgium,
Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece,
Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Spain, Italy,
Canada, Cyprus, China, Latvia, Macedonia,
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia,
Singapore, Slovakia, USA, Finland, France,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden,
Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, etc.).
• An interactive information system enabling
experts to access applications and prepare
assessment statements and ensuring
confidentiality of data and regulated access.


ENGAGING EMPLOYERS IN MODERNIZING
THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEMS www.neweurasia.ru

PROJECTS IN THE FIELD
OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
VOCATIONAL TRAINING OFFER
MECHANISMS OF TRAINING
OF A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE
THAT MEETS EMPLOYERS’
REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS
MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT
OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE NEEDS
OF REGIONAL LABOUR MARKETS
AND FACILITATES TERRITORIAL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BASED ON THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
THESE PROJECTS HELP ORGANIZE
OF ANY TARGET GROUP, BE THAT EMPLOYERS
COLLABORATION BETWEEN EDUCATION
OR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING,
AND BUSINESS AND ENABLE
THE FOUNDATION DESIGNS MECHANISMS
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS
THAT ENABLES THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM
TO COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY ON THE
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TERRITORIAL
LABOUR MARKET.
LABOUR MARKETS AND EMPLOYERS — TO IMPROVE
THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING QUALITY.
THE MODULAR APPROACH UTILIZED
BY THE FNE PROJECTS HELPS IMPROVE
THE PVE/SVE SYSTEM IN THE MOST ADVANCED AREAS
IN A PILOT MODE.

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Completed projects

• The project “New vocational training
programs (PVE and SVE) designed
on the basis of professional standards”
(2007 – 2010) offered a mechanism of engaging
employers in designing professional standards
for professions required for territorial
development that were subsequently used
to design vocational training programs
to train skilled workers and managers.
• The project “To the world of professions
through education” (2006 – 2009) helped
introduce new approaches to education quality
management in primary/secondary vocational
training based on negotiated interests
of regional communities and businesses.
• The project “Creating interregional
vocational training centers supporting
the development of key industries
in the pilot territories of Russia and China”
(2007 – 2009) helped identify the key
development trends of the vocational training
systems of the project pilot regions, design
and introduce a number of effective
PVE/SVE system development practices,
and create solutions for the most relevant
problems of modernization of vocational
training that ensure a balance between
the labour market and the regional
PVE/SVE system and help create
an effective workforce potential.

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Resources

• Benchmarking tools for the development
of regional vocational training systems;
• A professional standards development
method and methodological recommendations
on organizing the activities of expert groups
designing professional standards;
• Recommendations for the development
of vocational training modules based
on professional standards,
a training programs development technology
based on the third generation model
of the federal education standard;
• A package of documentation
on establishing and organizing activities
of vocational training resource centers;
• Mechanisms of engaging employers
in the activities of vocational training schools
• A package of expert support services provided
by leading vocational training specialists;
• Innovation experiences of the institutions
of learning involved in the FNE projects;
• Mechanisms of collaboration with foreign
partners (institutions of learning, education
administration bodies, professional
associations, etc.);
• Packages of information materials on vocational
training systems of the European countries,
the USA, Israel, and China.
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(participation in methodological commissions,
development of training and methodological
materials, etc.);
• Typical provisions of regional and municipal
workforce boards;
• A method of analyzing employers’ needs
in workforce and instruments used to provide
information support for the development
of a regional order for workforce training
within the vocational training system;

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Developing regional vocational training systems
in China and Russia:
current status and principal trends.
Compilation of materials, Moscow 2010

Developing regional vocational training systems –
reality, approaches, and opportunities.
Compilation of materials, Moscow 2010
(a full text of the book is available
on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/). New Eurasia Foundation
Moscow, 105120,
Dialogue between educators and employers:
recommendations, prospects, and opportunities. Building 1, 5th floor
Compilation of materials, Moscow 2010 Тelephone: (495) 970-1567
(a full text of the book is available Fax: (495) 970-1568
on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/). E-mail: reception@neweurasia.ru


DEVELOPING A UNIVERSITY
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SYSTEM www.neweurasia.ru

DISPOSES OF UNIQUE
RESOURCES
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
COMMERCIALIZATION
AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER SYSTEM.

BY PARTICIPATING INFORMATION
RESOURCES
IN THE DEVELOPMENT
“EURECA”
OF THE NETWORK program website:
OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH www.eureca-usrf.org/

UNIVERSITIES THE NEW EURASIA
FOUNDATION HAS PUT TOGETHER
A BROAD INTERNATIONAL
NETWORK OF PARTNERS
THAT ENABLES IT TO DESIGN
AND IMPLEMENT COMPLEX
INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE New Eurasia Foundation
Moscow, 105120,
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 3rd Syromyatnichesky Per., 3/9,
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567
Fax: (495) 970-1568

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Resources

• Solid and long-term partnerships with the leading national
research universities and expert organizations (Institute
of Contemporary Development, National Training Foundation, etc.),
as well as the Association of the Leading Russian Universities;
• Solid and long-term partnerships with large foreign research universities
and their associations (Association of American Universities, European
University Association, Association of Research Universities of Germany,
Association of Universities in the Netherlands, German Rectors’ Conference,
MIT Enterprise Forum, etc.);
• Collaboration with Russian and international businesses and associations,
seed and venture funding networks (OPORA ROSSII, US-Russia Business
Council, Russian Venture Company, “Skolkovo” Foundation,
US National Association of Seed and Venture Funds, USA etc.);
• An interregional expert network.
Projects designed to support
the innovation infrastructure
development

• The program “EURECA - Enhancing University
Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity”
(2010 – 2012) aims to design new research
university development models and facilitate
collaboration between research universities
and innovation and intellectual property
markets by testing technology transfer
and intellectual property management models
designed by American and other universities
and by disseminating innovative experiences
among the national research, federal,
and other Russian universities.
• The project “Developing the innovation
infrastructure in the Khabarovsk region”
(2008) helped design a replicable innovation
support model in the Khabarovsk region
that makes it possible to bring innovations
and the real economy sector together
in a cost-effective manner.
• The project “Comprehensive innovation
development of the Republic of Udmurtia”
(2006 - 2007) helped create conditions
required to support innovative socio-economic
development of the Republic of Udmurtia.
• The program “Commercialization
of the Russian intellectual assets and
technologies – CRIAT” (2005 - 2007)
was designed to develop a complex regional
innovation infrastructure
of the Stavropol and Primorye regions
on the basis of the regional institutions
of higher learning.


DEVELOPING COMMUNITY
EDUCATION PRACTICES www.neweurasia.ru

INFORMATION
SINCE 2005 THE NEW EURASIA
RESOURCES
FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTING
The Internet-portal
THE DEVELOPMENT of the Russian
OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL community schools:
www.cs-network.ru
MODEL IN RUSSIA. THE COMMUNITY
SCHOOL MODEL IS BASED ON ACTIVE The Internet-portal
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SECONDARY of the New Eurasia
SCHOOLS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, Foundation:
http://www.neweurasia.ru/
UTILIZATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY
RESOURCES IN THE EDUCATION
AND UPBRINGING PROCESSES,
PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM AMONG
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,
AND INVOLVEMENT OF PA RENTS AND
OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS
IN SCHOOL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

THIS MODEL HAS BECOME
THE FOUNDATION
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
IN SEVERAL RF REGIONS.
IT HAS BEEN INCLUDED
IN THE NATIONAL EDUCATION
INITIATIVE “OUR NEW SCHOOL”.
FINALLY, THIS MODEL IS SUPPORTED
WITH METHODS REQUIRED
TO INTRODUCE NEW GENERATION
EDUCATION STANDARDS.

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Projects designed to support
the development of community
education practices
• The project “Community schools in Russia:
uniting efforts” (2005 – 2007) was designed
to create and support the development of a network
of community school resource centers.
expanding partnership” (2007 – 2009) helped
expand the interregional network of community
schools and their resource centers.
a new generation” (2009 – 2011) helped
introduce community school practices
into the in-service training system for school
teachers and administrators.
an outlook” (2011 – 2013) is designed to support
the development of an interregional network
New Eurasia Foundation Resources
of institutions of higher learning and postgraduate
Moscow, 105120,
education that train secondary school teachers • A large methodological base that includes
and administrators on the basis of the community secondary education methods and programs,
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567 school model. as well as qualifications improvement methods
Fax: (495) 970-1568
• The project “Developing the network for school teachers and administrators;
of community schools in Northern Caucasus” • An interregional network of resource centers
(2011 – 2013) is designed to popularize that provide methodological, advisory,
the community school model in the regions and training support to community schools;
of Northern Caucasus. • An interregional network of institutions of higher
learning and supplementary education that help
improve professional qualifications of secondary
school teachers and administrators on the basis
of the community school model;
• Collaboration with international community school
networks in the CIS and beyond.


INVOLVING RUSSIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
LEARNING IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES www.neweurasia.ru

DISPOSES OF UNIQUE
METHODOLOGICAL AND PARTNERSHIP
RESOURCES ENABLING IT
TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS DESIGNED
TO FACILITATE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
LEARNING AND BODIES
OF POWER, BUSINESSES,
AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES
IN WHICH THEY OPERATE.

INFORMATION RESOURCES SUCH PROJECTS ARE BASED
University as a socially responsible territorial ON INCLUDING SOCIALLY MEANINGFUL
partner: based on the “Community universities” PRACTICES IN THE EDUCATION
project materials.
By S.V. Golubev, T.V. Svetenko, T.G. Novikova PROCESS OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
(a full text of the book is available STUDENTS, PROMOTING CONTINUOUS
on the FNE Internet-portal: EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND ENABLING
http://www.neweurasia.ru/).
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
“EURECA” program website: TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THEIR
http://www.eureca-usrf.org/. RESEARCH PROJECTS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS
AND UTILIZING LOCAL COMMUNITY
RESOURCES THEREBY HELPING
Moscow, 105120,
THEM TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE
Building 1, 5th floor THE PRACTICAL NATURE OF THEIR
Тelephone: (495) 970-1567
EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND AUGMENT
Fax: (495) 970-1568
E-mail: reception@neweurasia.ru THEIR DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES.

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Projects designed to support collaboration
between institutions of higher learning and regional
actors of social partnership

• The project “Regional university – regional development resource”
(2006 - 2009) was designed to engage regional universities
and their resource potential in regional socio-economic development
processes by designing and introducing replicable models
of collaboration between institutions of higher learning and regional actors
of social partnership.
• The project “Community universities” (2008 – 2013) helps develop
mutually beneficial relationships between Russian regional universities
and civil society institutions by engaging university students and instructors
in social practices designed to meet the needs of various local
community groups.

Resources

• A portfolio of university – local community
collaboration methods that have been tested
and proven to be effective;
• Active collaboration with federal universities
and university associations;
• An interregional network of institutions
of higher learning engaged in similar practices,
as well as experts and consultants;
• Collaboration with “Talloires”, the international
network of universities promoting community
education practices around the globe.

Letter No.SI-308/11, April 7, 2011

“We express our appreciation of the high professionalism demonstrated
SERGEY IVANETS, by the New Eurasia Foundation staff members in the provision of organizational
Deputy Minister of Education and information support services in the course of preparation
and Science of the February 28 – March 3, 2011 session of the US-Russia Presidential Commission
of the Russian Federation: “Education – Science – Innovations”.

Letter No.SM-949/11, November 12, 2010

“On behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation I express
our appreciation of the high professionalism demonstrated by the New Eurasia
Foundation staff members in the preparation and conduct of the open grant
SERGEY MAZURENKO, competition of the Government of the Russian Federation designed
Deputy Minister of Education and to support research projects implemented by leading scientists at Russian institutions
Science of the Russian Federation: of higher learning”.

From the interview to the “Tatarstan Youth” newspaper discussing the outcomes
of the study tour of a delegation of representatives of the Association
of the Leading Russian Universities to the USA in April 11-16, 2011.
The study tour was initiated by the RF Ministry of Education and Science
and organized by the New Eurasia Foundation.

“… We have established good working relationships with many American universities.
Our agreements can benefit university instructors from among chemists, technologists,
representatives of polymer research centers, light industry enterprises, and other
GERMAN DYAKONOV, structures. Our university development program can enable them to undergo
Rector of the Kazan State an internship with these universities, identify collaborative research themes, implement
Technological University – various joint projects, including projects co-funded by our American counterparts,
National Research University (NRU): and these opportunities are also available to undergraduate and graduate students”.

MARK POMAR, “We are happy that the New Eurasia Foundation has been appointed to operate
President of the US-Russia the “EURECA” program. I believe that the New Eurasia Foundation’s professional team,
Foundation for Economic spearheaded by such an ideologist as Andrey Kortunov, will make a special contribution
Advancement and the Rule to the development of the US-Russian relations in education and help bring the Russian
of Law (USRF), USA: institutions of higher learning closer to the world standards”.

VLADIMIR VASILYEV,
Chairman of the Board of Rectors
of the St. Petersburg’s Institutions “… The New Eurasia Foundation is a team of highly qualified specialists capable
of Higher Learning, Rector in successful management of systemic and specific national and international projects
of the St. Petersburg University in the spheres of education, research, and innovations of any complexity level.
of Technology, Mechanics, and Optics The “EURECA” program designed to create a network of Russian and American
(ITMO – NRU), associate member research universities involved in commercialization of university research and technology
of the Russian Academy of Education: transfer is an excellent example supporting this statement”.

Source: “Komsomolskaya Pravda”
Publication date: April 26, 2011

“The Nizhniy Novgorod State University has been selected as one of the two
Russian participants of the program “EURECA - Enhancing University Research
and Entrepreneurial Capacity”. This is a great achievement.
The program has international importance and is funded by the US-Russia Foundation
for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law and implemented in cooperation
YEVGENY CHUPRUNOV, with the RF Ministry of education and science.
Rector of the Nizhniy Novgorod The program is operated by an international consortium of non-commercial
State University named after organizations: the New Eurasia Foundation – in Russia and the American Councils
N.I. Lobachevsky (NNSU – NRU): for International Education and the NCEER in the USA.

Source: “Karelia” newspaper
Publication date: September 30, 2010

“This year the Teachers Training Academy introduces a new study program “Leadership
GALINA ROGINSKAYA, in education”. It is designed to train community school specialists. Community school
Dean of the Faculty teachers should naturally have their own civic position, be willing to work for the benefit
of Supplementary Education of society, and be able to engage their students in socially meaningful activities.
of the Karelian State Teachers This study program is a result of the “Community schools in Russia” project implemented
Training Academy: by the New Eurasia Foundation”.

Source: “Kuznetsky Rabochiy”
Publication date: September 4, 2010

“When I think about the “Community university” project I see one important problem
that requires immediate solution: universities need to change. This need is accounted
IRINA RESCHIKOVA, for not only by the ministerial concepts of the higher education reform, but also
Senior Instructor of the Novokuznetsk by the global challenge in the form of the current economic recession that has
Branch of the Kemerovo State questioned the very idea of university. The Novokuznetsk Branch of the Kemerovo
University: State University is getting ready to open itself to the city. The seminars organized
and conducted by the New Eurasia Foundation have provided us with a certain body
of knowledge that we hope will enable us to do this successfully”.

Moscow, 105120, 3rd Syromyatnichesky Per., 3/9, Building 1, 5th floor. Telephone: (495) 970-1567, fax: (495) 970-1568. E-mail: reception@neweurasia.ru

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